In a press conference, Mr. Rama Shukla, vice president and director of the program for Intel's WiMAX, late in 2010, new standards will be completed. New Mobile WiMAX standard, 802.16m, will replace the old standard 802.16e, with download speeds and upload more quickly. According to Intel, the new standard will have download speeds 170Mbps, 90Mbps and the upload will be completely backwards compatible with 802.16e.

Users will be able to use the service while moving with speed 350 km / h.
WiMAX network operators currently offer several packages with download speeds 16Mbps, 4Mbps upload on the network using 802.16e technology. Mr Shukla predicted, in 2010, the global WiMAX How will meet from 60-10 million. Most of them use the Mobile WiMAX to notebooks.

Version of WiMAX 802.16d previously not known as Mobile WiMAX, as it is used for equipment in the fixed position, not for the device is moving (eg, smart phones or PCs running the trains) .

WiMAX will have to compete with standards-based wireless phone as HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) and LTE (Long Term Evolution) for wireless data services.